The Archives of The Diogenes Club

This has comments on my writing and reading. Primarily about Mycroft Holmes and stories involving him. Secondarily about whatever I'm reading at the moment.

Monday, May 4, 2015

A Most Readable Anthology

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First, a wee disclosure. My review of Martin Shoemaker's story Unrefined may be colored by our friendship and mutual admiration of Ind...

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Saturday, December 20, 2014

The Unfinished Symphony

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"Steve, you have GOT to see X," my friend said. He didn't say X, he said, "Battle Star Galactica." and later he ...

Sunday, December 14, 2014

Quarter Share

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I've been reading a lot of SF lately. And this has included a lot of Libertarian military SF where aliens and space marines are duking...

Thursday, September 11, 2014

Patriots Day

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One of my more vivid memories of the post-Vietnam era was the angry cries of those who had recently given aid and comfort to our enemies d...

Tuesday, September 9, 2014

On Asymmetrical Conflict

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Very few conflicts take place between identical twins. Often the adversaries are mismatched in any of a number of ways. For instance, im...

Saturday, September 6, 2014

The Art of Illiterates

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After Labor Day in Grand Rapids, MI the "next big thing" is ArtPrize . I've commented on it before. This usually gets me th...

Thursday, August 28, 2014

Get On The Train

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I had lunch with one of my more successful friends who spoke of writing and what editors look for. He related that you want to get readers...

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